Stories
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How we bury our children
Following her baby daughter’s funeral, Wendy Pratt found that visiting the grave gave her a way to carry out physical acts of caring for her child. Here she considers how parents’ nurturing instincts live on after a child’s death.
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Beating the bodysnatchers
When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.
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Close encounters of the spiritualist kind
When it comes to practical and emotional advice, Daphne heeds the words of her lost loved ones. Find out how a spiritualist medium helps her stay in touch.
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Graveyards as green getaways
Stressed city dwellers have been visiting cemeteries in greater numbers since the start of the pandemic. Discover how, despite the constant reminders of death, graveyards bring visitors a sense of renewal.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
[Grave]
Date: c.1920sReference: WA/HSW/ME/B.4/3Part of: Personal papers of Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853-1936)- Archives and manuscripts
Grave's disease
Date: 1928-1929Reference: PP/HUN/C/1/38Part of: Hunter, Donald (1898-1977)- Pictures
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Grave of Alphonse Bertillon. Photograph.
Reference: 561871i- Digital Images
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Grave with iron weapons from the Volkerwanderung
- Books
Grave-robbers & bodysnatchers in Devon / Patricia Gray.
Gray, Patricia, active 1979.Date: 2009